After Liu Shuyan came in, he looked calm, but the clothes on his wrists were torn and blood was seeping out, obviously he had just been involved in a fierce battle.

Qin Shuhuai had someone quickly take him into the study and gave him a bandage and medicine. Qin Peng looked at Liu Shuyan's confident look and couldn't help feeling a little flustered. He encouraged himself behind the curtain.

It's okay. This guy was just drunk and was late. He was injured on his hand. Even if he is really a literary giant, his mentality is broken.

Less than half an hour after Liu Shuyan went in, the time was up. The eunuch beside Qin Ming went to Fu'an to collect the papers. After the papers were collected, they were copied again, sealed, and passed to Qin Peng and the other two.

Qin Peng opened the papers and immediately found that one of them was not finished at all. Moreover, his handwriting was sloppy and it was obvious that his penmanship was not good enough. It must be Liu Shuyan's paper.

Without even looking at it, she put Liu Shuyan's paper aside and carefully examined the other two papers.

She was very confident in Bai Zhi's judgment. Bai Zhi said Wang Ke was fine, so she believed it. Qin Peng chose the better one of the two papers and wrote his name on the wooden sign. At this time, Qin Shuhuai and Zhang Ying also made their choices.

After the three people selected the numbers on the wooden signs, Fu'an announced the result - Wang Ke, two votes.

Zhao Ying, zero votes.

Liu Shuyan, one vote.

After hearing this, Zhang Ying's face suddenly became very ugly. She probably didn't expect that the person she chose would be Wang Ke. But she changed her mind and thought that as long as Qin Shuhuai's people didn't get in, it wouldn't matter even if Qin Peng's people got in.

Qin Peng saw the result and immediately relaxed. He smiled behind the curtain, "General Liu's article is not finished yet. It's very obvious. I'm afraid the Regent King didn't cast this vote himself, right?"

This was clearly a case of squeezing out. Zhang Ying immediately said, "Your Highness, this is called nepotism... Oh, no, I was wrong. It's about promoting talents without forcing them to be related. We should all learn from this!"

Qin Peng and Zhang Ying echoed each other, but Qin Shuhuai did not respond and said directly: "That's it, let the three of you go to the palace to be conferred."

Qin Peng leaned against the armrest and sneered. She thought Qin Shuhuai was always like this, responding to changes with a constant attitude. He must have been sick to death in his heart. She just watched him pretend.

She took a cup of tea from the maid next to her and took a sip. At this time, three people came to the palace. Through the curtain, she couldn't really see the three people's appearance. She heard Qin Shuhuai called Wang Ke's name and a voice responded. Qin Peng felt that the voice was somewhat familiar.

Who is it?

Qin Peng frowned and thought for a moment, then quietly lifted the curtain and stuck his head out.

As soon as he looked out, Qin Peng was frightened to death.

She looked at Wang Ke and Qin Shuhuai talking in unison, and saw that Qin Shuhuai was about to hand him the seal of the Grand Tutor. Qin Peng couldn't help but shouted, "Wait!"

Everyone turned around in surprise. Qin Peng stared blankly at Wang Ke, the familiar eyebrows, the tear moles at the corners of his eyes, and the dimples around his mouth.

Who is this?

This was clearly the little brat Wang He that she picked up on the way back from Huaibei with Qin Shu when she was still Zhao Peng!

Wang He is loyal to Qin Shuhuai. When she was Jiang Yi, she wanted to reject Qin Shuhuai and deliberately used many conditions to torment Qin Shuhuai. As a result, Wang He was loyal to his master and went to fight with her in person!

Why is Wang He here? Why is he called Wang Ke?!

Qin Peng's mind was working rapidly, but no matter how many reasons, she was certain of one thing.

Wang He is definitely Qin Shuhuai's man, so Qin Shuhuai doesn't really want to recommend Liu Shuyan. The person he really wants to recommend is Wang He!

Qin Shuhuai must have known that she mentioned Wang He, so he just went with the flow and fought with her.

But, is Liu Shuyan Qin Shuhuai's man?

Was Liu Shuyan the bait that Qin Shuhuai gave to her to push Wang He in the end, or were both of them Qin Shuhuai's people, so it didn't matter which one he chose?

Qin Peng didn't have time to think too much, she only knew one thing.

Wang He is Qin Shuhuai's person, but Liu Shuyan may not be Qin Shuhuai's person. Now the answer has been revealed. If she is replaced by Zhao Ying, it will absolutely not work. But if she is replaced by Liu Shuyan who knew it was Liu Shuyan from the beginning, it will be possible.

After all, when the note was posted, everyone already knew that the person was Liu Shuyan. If she really wanted to cheat, she would have done it at that time. So if she changed to Liu Shuyan now, she would still have something to say, but if she changed to Zhao Ying, I'm afraid too many people would be dissatisfied.

So when everyone looked over, Qin Peng smiled slightly and said gently: "Sorry, I suddenly want to change the result."

"I saw General Liu's paper just now, but because he hadn't finished it, I skipped it and didn't read it carefully. While waiting for the three adults, I looked at the paper again and found that General Liu is really a man of extraordinary talent. Even if he only wrote half a paper, he would still be outstanding!"

Hearing this, everyone present was stunned. Qin Shuhuai frowned and said in a low voice: "The princess should not be taken lightly."

Qin Shuhuai's reaction made Qin Peng more certain that Wang He was his man, and he said seriously: "The reason why we set up the challenge is to select talented people. If we give up talented people for the sake of rules, it would be putting the cart before the horse. Since General Liu has great talent, I will naturally speak out."

"How can this be possible?"

Zhang Ying frowned: "If you say so, I can change it. If I change it to Lord Zhao, wouldn't that mess things up?"

"When I chose Lord Wang just now, I already knew what Lord Liu's paper was like. If I had intended to promote Lord Liu, I could have just said it directly at that time. Why should I choose Lord Wang?"

After Qin Peng's explanation, Zhang Ying was speechless for a moment. Qin Peng continued with a serious face: "Your Majesty is my brother, so I will naturally give Your Majesty the best teacher. In this matter, I will never have any intention of favoritism or corruption. Moreover, Lord Liu was recommended by the Regent. If he didn't really have the real talent, why would I vote for Lord Liu?"

These words made everyone believe it to some extent. Qin Peng looked at Qin Shuhuai and said seriously: "I believe the prince will not have any objection, right?"

Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything. He looked at Qin Peng, his eyes full of thoughts. Qin Peng let him look at him and said with a smile, "Prince?"

"good."

Qin Shuhuai nodded without saying much, and Qin Peng immediately breathed a sigh of relief. But then she thought, what was she sighing for?

Qin Shuhuai's attitude shows that Liu Shuyan is his! Why should she be happy about switching from Wang Ke to Liu Shuyan?

Qin Shuhuai is such a chicken, such a chicken!

Qin Peng lay on the chair, so angry that he couldn't listen to anything during the morning court session.

After the court session, Qin Peng walked out of the palace. Qin Shuhuai followed him in a wheelchair and asked calmly, "Why did the princess suddenly change her mind today?"

"For the country and the people."

Qin Peng was furious, but she tried her best to control herself and remain calm. Qin Shuhuai looked at her serious face and guessed that she might be angry.

He suddenly realized that Qin Peng was really like Zhao Peng. He applied the same method he used to figure out Zhao Peng's thoughts to this person, and there was not the slightest incongruity in it.

He couldn't describe the emotion in his heart. He felt sad, but also relieved.

He glanced at Qin Peng and said calmly, "What are you angry about?"

"I'm not angry."

"Angry."

Qin Shuhuai glanced at her sleeves: "The sleeves are all wrinkled."

"Qin Shuhuai," Qin Peng took a deep breath, "It's a pity that you don't go to the Ministry of Justice. There is probably no case in the whole Daqi that you, Qin Shuhuai, can't solve. With your vision, it's a waste of talent to be the Regent!"

"Oh." Qin Shuhuai replied calmly. When they arrived at the palace gate, Qin Peng got on the carriage and was about to leave. Qin Shuhuai suddenly said, "You know Wang Ke is mine."

Qin Peng's feet staggered and she almost fell off the carriage. Fortunately, Qin Shuhuai raised his hand to hold her up. Qin Peng was straightened by him. She raised her head and said in surprise: "What? Wang Ke is your man?!"

Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything. He let go and said calmly, "Go back."

Qin Peng returned to the carriage, feeling a little uneasy. As the carriage rumbled back, Qin Peng recalled Qin Shuhuai's words, wondering what they meant.

She suddenly felt that Qin Shuhuai was like a monster who could always see through people's hearts.

Not long after Qin Peng left, Jiang Chun asked, "Prince, why did you mention Wang Ke to the princess just now?"

"Give it a try."

Qin Shuhuai was pushed back by Jiang Chun, his eyes a little cold: "She really knows that Wang He is mine."

"That's impossible," Jiang Chun thought about it, and was completely confused: "When you adopted Wang He, most of the people who knew about it are dead, and only you and I knew about it..."

Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything, he was thinking seriously.

"Jiang Chun."

"Um?"

"Has Jiang Yi's body not been found yet?"

Jiang Chun was stunned. Jiang Yi had been dead for many years. Even if there was a body, it would probably have turned into a pile of bones. He couldn't help but ask, "Why are you asking this, Lord?"

"If she's alive, you want to see her in person. If she's dead, you want to see her body. Without a body, you can't consider her dead."

After hearing this, Jiang Chun was stunned: "You...you mean..."

Qin Shuhuai shook his head: "Let's wait and see."

Qin Peng sat in the carriage, repeatedly recalling what happened today. She thought about Liu Shuyan's life and felt that she still needed to investigate this person.

As she was thinking, the carriage suddenly stopped. Chun Su went out to take a look and heard Liu Shuyan's voice outside. She said seriously, "Your Highness, I am Liu Shuyan."

When Qin Peng heard that it was Liu Shuyan, he immediately rolled up the curtain himself and said, "General Liu, why don't you come into the mansion and have a talk?"

Liu Shuyan smiled, as if remembering something: "Very good."

Wei Yan got up and drank some sobering tea, and asked the housekeeper, "Is my sister-in-law coming back for dinner today?"

"Come back," the butler walked over with the account book and said calmly, "Send someone over to tell them that they want to bring General Liu back."

Wei Yan raised his head suddenly, turned around and ran.

Liu Shuyan must know that he tricked him last night. If he doesn't run away today, he will probably die.